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Vietnam’s No. 4 Leader Said to Resign Amid Probes: Vietnam’s National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has submitted his resignation days after his assistant was ...
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Coffee Prices to Extend Surge as Hoarding, Heat Exacerbate Vietnam Supply Crunch: Coffee prices are expected to extend their meteoric surge with the hoarding of ...
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Vietnam delays launch of new stock trading system: Vietnam will delay the launch of the much-expected new stock trading system initially slated for next week ...
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VinFast CEO to inject $1bn of personal wealth into Vietnam EV maker: HO CHI MINH CITY -- The chief executive of VinFast will invest $1 billion of his own ...
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Paid articlePaid Vietnam Tycoon Lan Sentenced to Death Over $12 Billion Fraud: A Vietnam court sentenced real estate tycoon Truong My Lan to death for her role in a $12 billion ...
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Paid articlePaidQuick Glance: Death Sentence for Real Estate Tycoon in Vietnam's Largest Fraud Case
- Truong My Lan, a prominent businesswoman and real estate tycoon, was sentenced to death in Vietnam's largest financial fraud case, marking a shocking development in the country's escalating anti-corruption campaign.
- Born in 1956, Lan founded the Van Thinh Phat company with her family in 1992, which grew to become one of Vietnam's richest real estate firms linked to some of Ho Chi Minh's most valuable properties.
- She was accused of using the bank as her cash cow, illegally controlling it between 2012 and 2022, and using thousands of 'ghost companies' in Vietnam and abroad to give loans to herself and her allies.
- Her arrest in October 2022 falls within a period of increased anti-corruption efforts in Vietnam ramping up since 2022, impacting the country's economic outlook and unsettling foreign investors.
World Bank says Vietnam GDP to grow 5.5% in 2024, 6.0% in 2025: Vietnam's gross domestic product is seen growing 5.5% this year, the World Bank said on Tuesday ...
reuters.com/markets/asia/world-bank-says-vietnam-gdp-grow-55-2024-60-2025-2024-04-23/
Truong My Lan: Vietnamese billionaire sentenced to death for $44bn fraud: Truong My Lan started life as a market trader. Now, she has been convicted of stealing ...
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Vietnam's FPT to invest $200 mln in AI factory using Nvidia chips: Vietnam's top tech firm FPT plans to build a $200 million artificial intelligence (AI) factory ...
reuters.com/technology/vietnams-fpt-invest-200-mln-ai-factory-using-nvidia-chips-2024-04-23/
Standard Chartered lowers Vietnam 2024 growth forecast to 6.0%: Standard Chartered has cut its forecast for Vietnam's economic growth this year to 6.0% from 6.7% ...
reuters.com/markets/asia/standard-chartered-lowers-vietnam-2024-growth-forecast-60-2024-04-24/
Watch live: Chris Hipkins speaks after ministers Melissa Lee, Penny Simmonds lose portfolios
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Before Israel’s war on Gaza: Other times US campuses became battlegrounds: Students from Columbia and other US universities have protested the Vietnam war ...
aljazeera.com/news/2024/4/25/past-student-protests-in-the-us-working-hed
Novaland Plans Share Sale, New Loans to Ease Cash Crunch: Novaland Investment Group, among Vietnam’s largest real estate developers, is planning to sell shares ...
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Farmers reduce methane emissions by changing how they grow rice in Vietnam: Vietnam aims to transform its rice sector, making it more resilient to climate change ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook arrives in Vietnam to meet users, boost supplier ties: Apple CEO Tim Cook arrived in Hanoi on Monday, starting a two-day visit to Vietnam ...
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Sand dunes, ziplines, water rafting: Vietnam’s south-central coast is perfect for adrenaline junkies
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Exclusive: Vietnam mounts ‘unprecedented’ $24 billion rescue for bank engulfed in giant fraud,...
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Thousands gather in Sydney to mark Anzac Day in biggest crowd in recent years: “We are heartened to see so many Australians with us today,” said master of ...
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Vietnam surpasses India and Thailand and now becomes biggest rice supplier for Singapore
thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/04/20/vietnam-surpasses-india-and-thailand-and-now-becomes-biggest-rice-supplier-for-singapore
These countries have already banned TikTok: TikTok is already banned in a handful of countries and from government-issued devices in a number of others ...
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Quick Glance: ByteDance Would Consider Closing TikTok in US Over Sale, Sources Claim
- ByteDance would prefer to cease TikTok operations rather than engage in a sale if all legal avenues are exhausted to combat potential legislation banning the platform in US app stores, as per four sources.
- Despite TikTok's massive popularity with over a billion users, it remains unprofitable, contributing a small fraction to ByteDance's overall revenues and daily active user base.
- ByteDance stated on Thursday in a release on Toutiao, a media platform it possesses, that there are no intentions to sell TikTok, in response to claims from The Information about ByteDance exploring sale scenarios for TikTok's US operations excluding the recommending algorithm for user videos.
- As of December, ByteDance's valuation stood at $268 billion when it proposed a buyback of approximately $5 billion in shares from investors.
Vietnam's Masan Group weighs IPO for consumer unit: HO CHI MINH CITY -- Vietnamese conglomerate Masan Group said Thursday that an initial public offering is a ...
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Markets/IPO/Vietnam-s-Masan-Group-weighs-IPO-for-consumer-unit
Paid articlePaid Anne Salmond: My open submission on this radical, flawed fast-track bill: Dame Anne Salmond to a select comittee examining the Fast-Track Approvals Bill ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/20/anne-salmond-my-open-submission-on-this-radical-flawed-fast-track-bill/
What to watch: Unsettling ‘Civil War’ is the ultimate what-if movie: Also: "Fallout" brilliantly shows how a video game can be a great movie; and ...
mercurynews.com/2024/04/11/what-to-watch-unsettling-civil-war-is-the-ultimate-what-if-movie/
Apple Considering Opening a Factory in Indonesia, CEO Says: Tim Cook said that the giant tech firm would look at options in Indonesia, as it continues to reduce ...
thediplomat.com/2024/04/apple-considering-opening-a-factory-in-indonesia-ceo-says/
Columbia’s 1968 protests were also marked by arrests: The student uprising began with a rally protesting the university’s effort to build a gym on public land in ...
washingtonpost.com/history/2024/04/22/columbia-protests-civil-rights/
Silverglate: Colleges must educate, not indoctrinate: The bottom line is that universities should educate students, enabling them to analyze facts and principles ...
bostonherald.com/2024/04/26/silverglate-colleges-must-educate-not-indoctrinate/
It Was Always Going to Be Tricky to Adapt This Pulitzer-Winning Novel. HBO Mostly Pulls It Off.
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Pen pal program helps war widows find friendship and revive the art of letter writing
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Moscow says US hybrid war against Russia will turn into humiliation : Russia said on Sunday that US lawmakers’ approval of $60.84 billion more in support for ...
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Truong My Lan: Is Vietnam's corruption fight going too far?: Billionaire Truong My Lan was sentenced to death for embezzling the equivalent of 3% of ...
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Vietnam’s stability gets rude $24 bln shock: Companies derisking their supply chains from China have rushed to Vietnam, but their new stomping ground may not ...
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In South China Sea, Xi Jinping's Ships Are Winning the Battle for Oil and Gas
bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-04-23/in-south-china-sea-xi-jinping-s-ships-are-winning-the-battle-for-oil-and-gas
Vietnam tycoon appeals against $36.8 billion fraud death sentence: Truong My Lan, chair of major developer Van Thinh Phat, was found guilty this month of ...
straitstimes.com/asia/vietnam-tycoon-appeals-against-368-billion-fraud-death-sentence
TikTok, under fire elsewhere, sees spike in Vietnam e-commerce: HO CHI MINH CITY -- TikTok Vietnam said the number of merchants on its app tripled last year ...
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Startups/TikTok-under-fire-elsewhere-sees-spike-in-Vietnam-e-commerce
Fears over coffee shortages send prices soaring to new highs: Heatwave in Vietnam damages robusta crop and prompts buying spree, pushing futures contract to ...
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The ghost of the 1968 antiwar movement has returned
nytimes.com/2024/04/24/opinion/chicago-dnc-antiwar-protests.html
Juan González Reflects on Historic 1968 Columbia Protests & Crackdown on Gaza Solidarity Encampment
democracynow.org/2024/4/23/antiwar_protests_gaza
Massive fraud case exposes Vietnam’s corrupt bank system: The financial crisis of 2008 showed just how much the world depends on banks being well run. Since then ...
asiatimes.com/2024/04/massive-fraud-case-exposes-vietnams-corrupt-bank-system/
Vietnam EV maker VinFast's challenges escalate risk for parent Vingroup: As Vietnam's biggest conglomerate Vingroup doubles down on its electric vehicle business ...
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Vietnam orders Netflix to stop advertising, distributing its games: Vietnam has ordered Netflix Inc to stop advertising and distributing its games in the country ...
reuters.com/technology/vietnam-orders-netflix-stop-advertising-distributing-its-games-2024-04-10/
Activists press Apple to oppose Vietnam's detainments of climate experts: Apple was pressed on Thursday to take action on Vietnam's detention of climate experts ...
reuters.com/sustainability/activists-press-apple-oppose-vietnams-detainments-climate-experts-2024-04-11/
Chinese military willing to raise strategic trust level with Vietnam: China's defence minister told his Vietnam counterpart that China is willing to bring the ...
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-military-willing-raise-strategic-trust-level-with-vietnam-2024-04-12/
UK lawmakers pass bill seeking to gradually phase out smoking | Africanews: The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young ...
africanews.com/2024/04/17/uk-lawmakers-pass-bill-seeking-to-gradually-phase-out-smoking-for-good/
Quick Glance: UK Lawmakers Support Groundbreaking 'Smoke-Free Generation' Bill
- The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban to prevent young people from ever smoking passed its first hurdle in Parliament despite opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.
- The bill, announced by Sunak, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, creating one of the toughest anti-smoking measures in the world to establish the 'first smoke-free generation' in modern Britain.
- The bill also includes measures to crack down on youth vaping, such as banning the sale of cheap disposable vapes and restricting their flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine.
- The number of people who smoke in the U.K. has declined by two-thirds since the 1970s, but approximately 6.4 million people in the country still smoke, accounting for about 13% of the population. Smoking remains the number one preventable cause of death, disability, and poor health.
Vietnam National Assembly chairman meets China's President Xi in Beijing: Vietnam National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue met Chinese President Xi Jinping in ...
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Quick Glance: High-Level Meeting between Vietnamese and Chinese Leadership in Beijing
- Vietnam's National Assembly Chairman, Vuong Dinh Hue, recently met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China.
- Hue continued his official visit in China, which is set to last for a week.
- In Vietnam, the pillars of leadership include not only the National Assembly Chairman but also the party chief, the president, and the prime minister.
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Japan's Takashimaya eyes 2026 opening for new Vietnam shopping center: TOKYO -- Takashimaya, the Japanese operator of upscale department stores ...
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Retail/Japan-s-Takashimaya-eyes-2026-opening-for-new-Vietnam-shopping-center
From 'homeless among the clouds' to working with Robert Downey Jr., Kieu Chinh keeps going
usatoday.com/story/opinion/columnist/2024/04/21/robert-downey-jr-hbo-sympathizer-vietnam-war-kieu-chinh/73298527007/
Vietnam's top steelmaker Hoa Phat races to open new mill this year: HANOI -- Leading Vietnamese steelmaker Hoa Phat Group plans to open its newest mill ...
asia.nikkei.com/Business/Materials/Vietnam-s-top-steelmaker-Hoa-Phat-races-to-open-new-mill-this-year
Paid articlePaid Vietnam court jails soft drinks tycoon in $40 million scam case: HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam's top soft drinks tycoon was jailed for eight years on Thursday (Apr ...
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China’s durian output to quadruple in 2024, processing poised to permeate with demand ‘on a rapid rise’
scmp.com/economy/economic-indicators/article/3260034/chinas-durian-output-quadruple-2024-processing-poised-permeate-demand-rapid-rise
Is NZ bringing in 'Indonesian coal every month to keep the lights on'?: Analysis: The Resource Minister said it, but is it true and why does it matter?
rnz.co.nz/news/environment/515221/is-nz-bringing-in-indonesian-coal-every-month-to-keep-the-lights-on
'The Sympathizer' reviews: Critics cool on Robert Downey Jr.'s roles: "The Sympathizer" is based on Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel, directed by Park Chan-wook and ...
businessinsider.com/the-sympathizer-reviews-hbo-robert-downey-jr-park-chan-wook-2024-4
Quick Glance: 'The Sympathizer': Revealing Vietnam War's History
- HBO and A24's satire 'The Sympathizer' features Robert Downey Jr. in four roles to shed light on the history of the Vietnam War.
- Viet Thanh Nguyen's Pulitzer Prize novel 'The Sympathizer' is adapted into a seven-episode miniseries exploring the memories of a half-French, half-Vietnamese Communist spy during the Vietnam War and his new life as a refugee in Los Angeles.
- The series offers a blend of loss, immigration, espionage, and satire, showcasing many faces of the war through the Captain's perspective.
- Despite some unevenness in execution, the series captures the sharp wit of the source material and advances the conversation about the Vietnam War in mainstream media.
Opinion | Some Anti-Israel Protesters Are Paid: Rockefeller and Soros grants are subsidizing those who disrupt college campuses.
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Anne Salmond: NZ is a democracy, not a company: Opinion: How the weakening or avoiding of parliamentary and external checks and balances on executive power risks ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/11/anne-salmond-nz-is-a-democracy-not-a-company/
The government's 22 trips abroad in April: The government appears committed to overseas visits with 14 miniters and MPs in 18 countries this month.
rnz.co.nz/news/political/515216/the-government-s-22-trips-abroad-in-april
AUKUS Pillar 2 a 'fragrant, methane-wrapped bull***' - Bob Carr: The former Australian Foreign Minister has continued to warn New Zealand against joining the ...
rnz.co.nz/news/political/514608/aukus-pillar-2-a-fragrant-methane-wrapped-bull-bob-carr
The Sympathizer: Limited Series | Rotten Tomatoes: Near the end of the Vietnam War, a spy who was embedded in the South Vietnam army flees to the United States ...
rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_sympathizer/s01
Nvidia-led AI boom sends tech stocks soaring in Malaysia, Vietnam: SINGAPORE -- Southeast Asian AI-related stocks, especially those of companies collaborating ...
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Vatican foreign minister travels to Vietnam in unprecedented visit: The Vatican's foreign minister Paul Richard Gallagher began an unprecedented six-day visit to ...
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Vietnam's Noi Bai and Da Nang named in world’s top 100 airports; top five spots are all in Asia
thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/04/19/vietnam039s-noi-bai-and-da-nang-named-in-worlds-top-100-airports-top-five-spots-are-all-in-asia
Kieu Chinh, star of The Sympathizer and The Joy Luck Club, reflects on her 50-year career in Hollywood
abc.net.au/news/2024-04-19/kieu-chinh-the-sympathizer-hbo-tv-series/103736304
Tycoon’s death penalty in $12.5 billion fraud case highlights Vietnam’s corruption crisis
cnn.com/2024/04/12/business/truong-my-lan-vietnam-corruption-crisis-hnk-intl/
Who helps with the ‘huge emotional toll’ of being an MP?: MPs have some of the highest pressure jobs in New Zealand, and the stressors aren’t always what you ...
rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-house/audio/2018934315/who-helps-with-the-huge-emotional-toll-of-being-an-mp
Vietnam's Hanoi promotes experiential tourism linked to 1,000 over years of heritage and trade villages
thestar.com.my/aseanplus/aseanplus-news/2024/04/14/vietnam039s-hanoi-promotes-experiential-tourism-linked-to-1000-over-years-of-heritage-and-trade-villages
Kyle Rittenhouse to speak at Kent State: "Welcome Killer" painted on famous campus rock alongside names of victims of police brutality.
axios.com/local/cleveland/2024/04/16/kyle-rittenhouse-kent-state
Columbia University students stage Vietnam-style anti-war encampment for Gaza: Hundreds of Columbia students have staged a Vietnam-style encampment inside the ...
middleeasteye.net/news/columbia-university-students-stage-vietnam-style-anti-war-encampment-gaza
Anne Salmond: NZ is a democracy, not a company: Opinion: How the weakening or avoiding of parliamentary and external checks and balances on executive power risks ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/11/anne-salmond-nz-is-a-democracy-not-a-company/
AUKUS, Gaza on agenda during Winston Peters-Antony Blinken talks in Washington: The Foreign Affairs Minister got a surprise for this 79th during a diplomatic ...
rnz.co.nz/news/political/514071/aukus-gaza-on-agenda-during-winston-peters-antony-blinken-talks-in-washington
‘The Sympathizer’ cast, director discuss new series that shows the Vietnam War through a Vietnamese lens
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One fateful night, Keith Payne saved 40 lives. Now he's calling for help to save others
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How Americans felt about campus protests against the Vietnam War: After the Kent State massacre, most people sided with the National Guard.
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/24/polling-student-protests-vietnam/
Cathy Cassata: Why baseball season reminds me of my dad’s time in the Vietnam War
chicagotribune.com/2024/04/12/cathy-cassata-why-baseball-season-reminds-me-of-my-dads-time-in-the-vietnam-war/
Leaders asking us to take the Aukus 2 model for a test drive: Parliament is in recess and the Prime Minister is sunning himself in Asia — which he may be very ...
odt.co.nz/opinion/leaders-asking-us-take-aukus-2-model-test-drive
From lobbyist to legislator: Andrew Hoggard's vision for reform: Andrew Hoggard might be new to Parliament, but he's certainly not new to New Zealand's screens ...
rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/focusonpolitics/audio/2018933860/from-lobbyist-to-legislator-andrew-hoggard-s-vision-for-reform
Defeated bill not the end of fight for right to sustainable environment – Shaw: Legislation that would have added the right to a sustainable environment to the ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/10/doomed-bill-not-the-end-of-fight-for-right-to-sustainable-environment-shaw/
Vietnam mulls own territorial line in Tonkin Gulf: The move follows Beijing’s announcement of a new baseline in waters shared with Vietnam.
rfa.org/english/news/southchinasea/vietnam-tonkin-gult-04152024023842.html
Media Minister had 'more than enough time' to find solutions - opposition: Facing questions over proposals to support the media, the PM and Media Minister only ...
rnz.co.nz/news/political/513939/media-minister-had-more-than-enough-time-to-find-solutions-opposition
Lamb, bungy jumping and crypto: Meat exports and tourism are major foreign exchange earners for New Zealand but is the country missing an opportunity by not ...
newsroom.co.nz/2024/04/15/lamb-bungy-jumping-and-crypto/
Harimau Muda lose 0-2 to Vietnam in AFC Under-23 Asian Cup: PETALING JAYA: The national Under-23 team suffered their second defeat in the AFC Under-23 Asian Cup ...
thestar.com.my/sport/football/2024/04/20/harimau-muda-lose-0-2-to-vietnam-in-afc-under-23-asian-cup
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